by Dave Birkett, USA TODAY Sports

by Dave Birkett, USA TODAY Sports

ALLEN PARK, Mich. - Three years ago, after repeated violations of the NFL's player-safety rules, then-Pittsburgh Steelers linebacker James Harrison took a day off from practice to contemplate retirement.

Harrison never made good on his threat and moved on to the Cincinnati Bengals this offseason. In the seasons since his walkout, he has been replaced by Detroit Lions defensive tackle Ndamukong Suh as the NFL's most vilified player.

Suh was fined $31,500 Wednesday for a hit on Cleveland Browns quarterback Brandon Weeden on Sunday, according to the team's website. But even after seven fines totaling $209,000, plus another $165,294 lost during a two-game suspension, he said he's not close to Harrison's level of frustration.

"No, no, no. I don't think so," Suh said when asked whether the microscope under which he plays would ever cause him to leave the game. "I've got a very strong group of people around me that take care of me and understand. I think you just roll with the punches; not everything's going to go your way in life. I've understood that, grew up that way. It's just like for me, I wanted a Nintendo 64 when I was little. My mom said no, so I had to deal with it."

Suh, who has been fined seven times in 3½ NFL seasons, said he wasn't aware that the NFL was even contemplating a fine for a hit he put on Weeden in the first quarter of Sunday's 31-17 Lions victory.

Suh hit Weeden in the chest on the play, and no penalty was called, but NFL vice president of officiating Dean Blandino said in a video posted on NFL.com Tuesday that Suh "lowered his head" when he delivered the blow.

"I think there's always going to be a microscope on me," Suh said. "I think there's been a microscope on me since I was first drafted in 2010, 'cause I was a first-round pick. There's always going to be a microscope on me, no matter where it is, from outside media, from the NFL to little kids to everybody. So there's going to be somewhat of a microscope. My face is out there. That's kind of part of life."

Lions coach Jim Schwartz said he wasn't concerned about the NFL review because the play did not draw a flag.

"Scrutiny's part of this game, particularly for high-profile players, and he certainly fits the bill as a high-profile player," Schwartz said. "I think with that, with the (low hit on wide receiver Randall Cobb in the Green Bay-Baltimore game), it just brought a lot of attention to how difficult it is on defensive players.

"The game's played very, very quickly, and those guys try to do the best they can. We just leave the officiating to the officials, we'll leave all the administrating to the administrators and we'll try to play our best. We want to avoid penalties, we don't want to put our team in a bad position, but after that, there's a lot of things that look one way when it's full speed and they look another way when you slow them down."